Essex County Massachusetts Freedom Case Participants 1760 - 1783
Thomas Chadwick (-)
Danvers
Biography: Trader. Former owner of Timon.
Comments:
Timon vs. Peter Osgood (1777) Witness on Signed Document for Defendant
Sources
- Dated June 4 1776 Bill of Sale of Tymon 32 years old from Thomas Chadwick to Peter Osgood Junior. "which said servant is now absent & the said Osgood is to take him wherever he can find him"
Citation: Timon vs Peter Osgood, Jr. (1777) Essex County Court of Common Pleas September 1777 Record.
- Osgood's defense written by Pynchon dated October 3, 1777 saying that Timon is Osgood's "proper negro servant" but not making a plea of "not guilty."
Citation: Timon vs Peter Osgood, Jr. (1777) Essex County Court of Common Pleas September 1777 Record.